KFC Malaysia Feeds the Appetite of New Audiences with Hyper-targeted Micro-videos

Between November and December 2015, the KFC team created 100 15-second video ads featuring a talking burger puppet dispensing cheesy pickup lines. Each week, the team released 25 new micro-videos designed around prevalent viewing trends and searches on YouTube. The agile, fast-changing campaign continuously refined its content throughout the campaign by evaluating consumer response to the pre-rolls and removing videos with low view rates and optimizing those that did well.

GOALS

Drive the sales of Hot & Cheezy burgers from the Hot & Cheezy range, which launched in Q4 of 2015

APPROACH

Developed a comprehensive YouTube video strategy to catch video and search trends in real time

Released 25 micro-targeted 15-second videos each week over a month

Optimized the campaign by gaging consumer response to pre-rolls, and investing more in content with the highest view rates

RESULTS

Increased awareness via 100 15-second micro-targeted YouTube videos

Achieved average view through rates of 35% (40% higher than the than industry benchmark of 25%)

Drove 16% week-over-week sales increase during the campaign period

“The real time data Google provided gave us insight into the rapidly changing interests of our target segment, while giving us the agility needed to make this campaign a success.”Angelina Villanueva, Senior General Manager of Marketing, KFC

“In a crowded media space where people are constantly fed a multitude of content across mediums, highly differentiated messages that speak directly to the individual is needed to stand out. By tightly tying our ad content to the most popular YouTube videos, we zeroed in on our target audience’s interests. This allowed us to stand above the clutter and capture their attention.”